1986 in the sport of athletics

none 1986 in athletics World ChampionshipsWorld Indoor Championships 1985 1987 1986 the sport of athletics This article contains an overview of the year 1986 in the sport of athletics. International Events Asian Games Balkan Games European Championships European Indoor Championships Commonwealth Games Goodwill Games World Junior Championships World records Men EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUEPole vaultSergei Bubka URS6.01m8 JulyMoscowShot PutUdo Beyer GDR22.64m20 AugustEast Berlin, East GermanyDiscus ThrowJürgen Schult GDR74.08m6 JuneNeubrandenburg, East GermanyHammer ThrowYuriy Syedikh URS86.66m22 JuneTallinn, Soviet UnionYuriy Syedikh URS86.74m30 AugustStuttgart, West GermanyJavelin (new)Tom Petranoff USA85.38m7 JulyHelsinki, FinlandKlaus Tafelmeier FRG85.74m21 SeptemberComo, Italy Women EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE2,000 metresMaricica Puica ROM5:28.6911 JulyLondon5,000 metresIngrid Kristiansen NOR14:37.33August 5Stockholm, Sweden10,000 metresIngrid Kristiansen NOR30:13.74July 5Oslo, Norway100m HurdlesYordanka Donkova BUL12.3517 August Köln, West GermanyYordanka Donkova BUL12.2917 August Köln, West GermanyYordanka Donkova BUL12.267 SeptemberLjubljana, Yugoslavia400m HurdlesMarina Styepanova URS53.3230 AugustStuttgart, West GermanyMarina Styepanova URS52.9417 SeptemberTashkent, Soviet UnionHigh JumpStefka Kostadinova BUL 19712.08m1 JuneSofia, BulgariaLong jumpHeike Drechsler GDR7.45m21 JuneTallinn, EstoniaJavelin throwFatima Whitbread GBR77.44m28 AugustStuttgart, West GermanyHeptathlonJackie Joyner-Kersee USA71486-7 JulyMoscow, Soviet UnionJackie Joyner-Kersee USA71581-2 AugustHouston, United States Heike Drechsler (GDR) twice equals the world record in the women's 200 metres held by countrywoman Marita Koch since 1979-06-10, clocking 21.71 seconds on 1986-06-29 and 1986-08-29. Men's Best Year Performers 100 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Chidi Imoh NGR10.002.Robson da Silva BRA 196810.023.Linford Christie GBR10.044.Carl Lewis USA10.065.Emmit King USA10.07 200 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Floyd Heard USA20.122.Roy Martin USA20.163.Lorenzo Daniel USA20.174.John Dinan AUS20.195.Michael Timpson USA20.23 400 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Gabriel Tiacoh CIV44.302.Darrell Robinson USA44.453.Roddie Haley USA44.484.Innocent Egbunike NGR44.505.Roger Black GBR44.59 800 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Steve Cram GBR1:43.192.Johnny Gray USA1:43.46—William Wuycke VEN1:43.544.Earl Jones USA1:43.625.Peter Braun GDR1:44.03 1,500 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Sebastian Coe GBR3:29.772.Steve Cram GBR3:30.153.José Manuel Abascal ESP3:31.134.Sydney Maree USA3:32.565.José Luis González ESP3:32.90 Mile RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Steve Cram GBR3:48.312.Steve Scott USA3:48.733.Jim Spivey USA3:49.804.Saïd Aouita MAR3:50.335.José Manuel Abascal ESP3:50.54 3,000 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Saïd Aouita MAR7:32.232.Sydney Maree USA7:38.263.Paul Kipkoech KEN7:39.384.Jack Buckner GBR7:40.235.Vincent Rousseau BEL7:42.15 5,000 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Saïd Aouita MAR13:00.862.Jack Buckner GBR13:10.153.Stefano Mei ITA13:11.574.Tim Hutchings GBR13:12.885.Evgeni Ignatov BUL 197113:13.15 10,000 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Mark Nenow USA27:20.562.Saïd Aouita MAR27:26.113.Hansjörg Kunze GDR27:34.684.Salvatore Antibo ITA27:39.525.Paul Kipkoech KEN27:43.31 Half Marathon RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Michael Musyoki KEN1:00:43 110m Hurdles RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Stéphane Caristan FRA13.202.Greg Foster USA13.253.Andrey Prokofyev URS13.284.Keith Talley USA13.315.Mark McKoy CAN13.35 400m Hurdles RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Edwin Moses USA47.382.Andre Phillips USA47.513.Danny Harris USA47.824.Harald Schmid FRG47.895.Amadou Dia Bâ SEN48.07 3,000m Steeplechase RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.William Van Dijck BEL8:10.012.Colin Reitz GBR8:12.113.Julius Korir KEN8:12.744.Henry Marsh USA8:13.155.Peter Koech KEN8:13.33 High jump RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Igor Paklin URS2.382.Jim Howard USA2.36—Carlo Thränhardt FRG2.36—Javier Sotomayor CUB2.365.Hennadiy Avdyeyenko URS2.35 Long jump RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Robert Emmiyan URS8.612.Larry Myricks USA8.503.Jaime Jefferson CUB8.474.Carl Lewis USA8.355.Mike Conley USA8.33 Triple jump RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Khristo Markov BUL 197117.802.Nikolay Musiyenko URS17.78—Lázaro Betancourt CUB17.784.Mike Conley USA17.695.Oleg Protsenko URS17.59 Discus RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Jürgen Schult GDR74.082.Art Burns USA68.703.Knut Hjeltnes NOR68.504.Juan Martínez CUB68.405.Luis Delís CUB68.00 Hammer RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Yuriy Syedikh URS86.742.Sergey Litvinov URS86.043.Igor Nikulin URS82.344.Benjaminas Viluckis URS82.245.Günther Rodehau GDR81.70 Shot put RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Udo Beyer GDR22.642.Ulf Timmermann GDR22.603.Sergey Smirnov URS22.244.Werner Günthör SUI22.225.Sergey Gavryushin URS22.10 Javelin (old design) RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Klaus Tafelmeier FRG95.742.Tom Petranoff USA92.383.Viktor Yevsyukov URS83.684.Detlef Michel GDR83.525.Heino Puuste URS83.20 Pole vault RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Sergei Bubka URS6.012.Joe Dial USA5.90—Thierry Vigneron FRA5.904.Rodion Gataullin URS5.85—Philippe Collet FRA5.85 Decathlon RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.Daley Thompson GBR88112.Jürgen Hingsen FRG87303.Siegfried Wentz FRG86764.Guido Kratschmer FRG85195.Torsten Voss GDR8450 Women's Best Year Performers 100 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Evelyn Ashford USA10.882.Heike Drechsler GDR10.91—Marlies Göhr GDR10.914.Ewa Kasprzyk POL10.935.Silke Gladisch GDR10.96 200 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Heike Drechsler GDR21.712.Evelyn Ashford USA21.97—Silke Gladisch GDR22.074.Pam Marshall USA22.125.Ewa Kasprzyk POL22.13 400 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Marita Koch GDR48.222.Olga Bryzgina URS49.673.Petra Müller GDR49.794.Tatána Kocembová TCH49.835.Pam Marshall USA49.99 800 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Doina Melinte ROU 19651:56.22.Sigrun Wodars GDR1:57.053.Nadiya Olizarenko URS1:57.154.Lyubov Kiryukhina URS1:57.185.Lyubov Gurina URS1:57.52 1,500 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Doina Melinte ROU 19653:56.72.Tatyana Samolenko URS3:59.453.Maricica Puică ROU 19653:59.624.Ravilya Agletdinova URS3:59.845.Lyubov Kremlyova URS4:01.57 Mile RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Maricica Puică ROU 19654:18.252.Kirsty Wade GBR4:21.613.Doina Melinte ROU 19654:21.884.Elly van Hulst NED4:22.405.Ivana Walterová TCH4:22.82 3.000 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Olga Bondarenko URS8:33.992.Ingrid Kristiansen NOR8:34.103.Zola Budd GBR8:34.434.Maricica Puică ROU 19658:35.925.Tatyana Samolenko URS8:36.00 5.000 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ingrid Kristiansen NOR14:37.332.Svetlana Guskova URS15:02.123.Olga Bondarenko URS15:03.514.Svetlana Ulmasova URS15:05.505.Lynn Jennings USA15:08.36 10,000 metres RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ingrid Kristiansen NOR30:13.742.Olga Bondarenko URS30:57.213.Ulrike Bruns GDR31:19.764.Aurora Cunha POR31:29.415.Liz Lynch GBR31:41.42 Half Marathon RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ingrid Kristiansen NOR1:09:03 100m Hurdles RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Yordanka Donkova BUL 197112.262.Ginka Zagorcheva BUL 197112.393.Cornelia Oschkenat GDR12.504.Nataliya Grygoryeva URS12.615.Heike Theele GDR12.63 400m Hurdles RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Marina Stepanova URS52.942.Sabine Busch GDR53.603.Myrtle Bothma RSA 192853.744.Debbie Flintoff AUS53.765.Cornelia Feuerbach GDR54.13 High Jump RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Stefka Kostadinova BUL 19712.08 m2.Olga Turchak URS2.01 m—Desiree du Plessis RSA 19282.01 m4.Charmaine Weavers RSA 19281.99 m—Silvia Costa CUB1.99 m Long Jump RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Heike Drechsler GDR7.45 m2.Galina Chistyakova URS7.34 m3.Yelena Belevskaya URS7.31 m4.Irena Ozhenko URS7.20 m5.Larisa Berezhnaya URS7.19 m Shot Put RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Natalya Lisovskaya URS21.70 m2.Ines Müller GDR21.45 m3.Natalya Akhrimenko URS21.39 m4.Heidi Krieger GDR21.10 m5.Claudia Losch FRG20.92 m Javelin (old design) RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Fatima Whitbread GBR77.442.petra Felke GDR75.043.Tiina Lillak FIN72.424.María Caridad Colón CUB70.145.Ivonne Leal CUB69.82 Heptathlon RANK1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA71582.Anke Behmer GDR67173.Natalya Shubenkova URS66454.Sibylle Thiele GDR66355.Judy Simpson GBR6623 Marathon Year Rankings Men RANKATHLETETIMEDATEEVENT1.AUS Robert de Castella (AUS)2:07.51April 21Boston, United States2.South Africa 1928 Zithulele Sinqe (RSA)2:08.04May 3Port Elizabeth, South Africa3.TAN Juma Ikangaa (TAN)2:08.10February 9Tokyo, Japan4.South Africa 1928 Willie Mtolo (RSA)2:08.15May 3Port Elizabeth, South Africa5.JPN Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)2:08.21October 5Seoul, South Korea6.JPN Toshihiko Seko (JPN)2:08.27October 26Chicago, United States7.ETH 1975 Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH)2:08.29February 9Tokyo, Japan8.ETH 1975 Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)2:08.39February 9Tokyo, Japan9.JPN Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)2:08.43February 9Tokyo, Japan10.ETH 1975 Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)2:09.08April 19Rotterdam, Netherlands Women RANKATHLETETIMEDATEEVENT1.NOR Grete Waitz (NOR)2:24:54April 20London, United Kingdom2.NOR Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)2:24:55April 21Boston, United States3.AUS Lisa Ondieki (AUS)2:26:07August 1Edinburgh, Scotland4.NOR Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)2:27:08October 26Chicago, United States5.POR Rosa Mota (POR)2:27:15November 16Tokyo, Japan6.NED Carla Beurskens (NED)2:27:35April 21Boston, United States7.NOR Grete Waitz (NOR)2:28:06November 2New York, United States8.NZL Lorraine Moller (NZL)2:28:17August 1Edinburgh, Scotland9.POR Rosa Mota (POR)2:28:38August 26Stuttgart, West Germany10.HUN Ágnes Sipka (HUN)2:28:51October 26Budapest, Hungary National Champions NATIONMEN'S WINNERTIMEWOMEN'S WINNERTIMEPLACEDATEAUS AustraliaStephen Austin2:15:59Margaret Reddan2:48:28SydneyJune 8CanadaAgustin Diaz Romero2:20:36Ellen Rochefort2:35:51MontrealSeptember 28JapanToshihiro Shibutani2:14:55——ŌtsuMarch 9NED NetherlandsAdri Hartveld2:15:32Eefje van Wissen2:40:07MaassluisApril 12SpainSantiago de la Parte2:16:37Maercedes Calleja2:40:24LorcaMay 24FRG West GermanyWolfgang Krüger2:15:20Heidi Hutterer2:36:44StuttgartApril 20 International Races DATEMARATHONNATIONMEN'S WINNERTIMEWOMEN'S WINNERTIMEJanuary 11MiamiUnited StatesFRA Bernard Bobes2:21:26USA Shirley Silsby2:53:18January 19HamiltonBER BermudaUSA Jerrold Wynia2:24:03CAN Sharon Crawford2:58:17January 19ManilaPHI PhilippinesBEL Eddy Hellebuyck2:19:00CAN Tani Ruckle2:46:58January 26Hong KongHKG Hong KongCHN Shu Chun Zhu2:15:08CHN Yan Min Wen2:36:55January 26OsakaJapan——NZL Lorraine Moller2:30:24February 1AucklandNZL New ZealandDEN Allan Zachariasen2:12:36DEN Kiersti Jakobsen2:36:58February 2BeppuJapanJPN Taisuke Kodama2:10:34——February 2Long BeachUnited StatesUSA Ric Sayre2:13:22USA Mary Tracey2:48:01February 9TokyoJapanTAN Juma Ikangaa2:08:10——February 16ValenciaSpainPOL Pawel Lorens2:16:31POL Malgorzata Szuminska2:46:31March 9ArushaTAN TanzaniaTAN Japhet Mashishanga2:21:01TAN Leokadia Katona4:03:30March 9Los AngelesUnited StatesUSA Ric Sayre2:12:59USA Nancy Ditz2:36:27March 16BarcelonaSpainBEL Frederick Vandervennet2:15:45GBR Deborah Heath2:48:22April 13LyonFranceFRA Alain Lazare2:15:07FRA Marie-Jeanne Maury2:54:48April 13ViennaAUT AustriaAUT Gerhard Hartmann2:12:22FRG Birgit Lennartz2:38:31April 19RotterdamNED NetherlandsETH 1975 Abebe Mekonnen2:09:09SWE Ellinor Ljungros2:41:06April 20BudapestHUN HungaryHUN Sandor Szendrei2:16:18HUN Agota Farkas2:47:10April 20LondonUK United KingdomJPN Toshihiko Seko2:10:02NOR Grete Waitz2:24:54April 21BostonUnited StatesAUS Robert de Castella2:07:51NOR Ingrid Kristiansen2:24:55April 27BremenFRG West GermanySWE Jozef Machalek2:15:58FRG Elke Kramer2:48:38April 27MadridSpainESP Ramiro Matamoros2:17:04ESP Consuelo Alonso2:43:21May 1RomeITA ItalyITA Osvaldo Faustini2:16:03USA Katherine Gregory3:23:43May 4MunichFRG West GermanyHUN István Kerékjártó2:17:46FRG Olivia Gruner2:38:51May 4ParisFranceDJI Hussein Ahmed Salah2:12:44FRA Maria Rebelo-Lelut2:32:18May 4VancouverCanadaJPN Hiromi Nishi2:21:14CAN Joi Belyk2:45:37May 5BelfastNIR Northern IrelandNIR Martin Deane2:16:05NIR Moira O'Neill2:43:26May 11AmsterdamNED NetherlandsBEL William Vanhuylenbroek2:14:46IRL Teresa Kidd2:46:18May 11GenevaSUI SwitzerlandFRA Bernard Bobes2:18:11URS Nadezhda Gumerova2:38:33May 18PittsburghUnited StatesUSA Dean Matthews2:18:17ITA Laura Fogli2:37:04May 18VeniceITA ItalyITA Salvatore Bettiol2:18:44ITA Paola Moro2:38:10May 25HamburgFRG West GermanyBEL Karel Lismont2:12:12BEL Magda Ilands2:35:17June 1ChristchurchNZL New ZealandNZL John Campbell2:15:19NZL Sharon Higgins2:45:44June 7StockholmSWE SwedenSWE Kjell-Erik Ståhl2:12:33SWE Evy Palm2:34:42June 8SydneyAUS AustraliaBRA 1968 Eloi Schleder2:12:54NZL Ngaire Drake2:38:52July 20San FranciscoUnited StatesUSA Peter Pfitzinger2:13:29MEX Maria Trujillo2:37:57August 1CW GamesSCO Edinburgh, ScotlandAUS Robert de Castella2:10:15AUS Lisa Ondieki2:26:07August 2HelsinkiFIN FinlandSWE Tommy Persson2:17:11FIN Sinikka Kiippa2:49:29August 17BoltonUK United KingdomGBR Michael Neary2:19:25——August 24ReykjavikISL IcelandFRA Mokfi Chaibi2:20:30GBR Carol Macario2:58:09August 24Rio de JaneiroBRA 1968 BrazilBRA 1968 Eloi Schleder2:22:02USA Elizabeth McElhinny2:46:54August 26European ChampionshipsFRG Stuttgart, West Germany——POR Rosa Mota2:28:38August 30European ChampionshipsFRG Stuttgart, West GermanyITA Gelindo Bordin2:10:54——August 31AdelaideAUS AustraliaAUS Peter Bourgaize2:25:16AUS Desiree Letherby2:59:20September 6AntwerpBEL BelgiumBEL François Blommaerts2:17:48BEL Denise Verhaert2:42:44September 13OsloNOR NorwaySWE Kjell-Erik Ståhl2:14:59NOR Sissel Grottenberg2:40:01September 21NiagaraCanadaJPN Kazuya Nishimoto2:17:35ITA Mariagrazia Savasta2:50:49September 21GlasgowUK United KingdomGBR Kenneth Stewart2:14:04GBR Sandra Branney2:37:29September 28BerlinWest BerlinPOL Boguslaw Psujek2:11:03FRG Charlotte Teske2:32:10September 28BrusselsBEL BelgiumBEL Dirk Vanderherten2:15:32BEL Nelly Aerts2:42:02September 28Ciudad MexicoMEX MexicoMEX Manuel Garcia Perez2:20:03MEX Mericarmen Cardenas2:42:25September 28MontrealCanadaETH 1975 Abebe Mekonnen2:10:31CAN Helene Rochefort2:35:51September 28PerthAUS AustraliaJPN Futoshi Shinohara2:18:17NZL Bernardine Portenski2:53:54September 28PortlandUnited StatesUSA Leonard Hill2:18:54ITA Kathleen Angel2:47:02October 1Asian GamesKOR Seoul, South Korea——JPN Eriko Asai2:41:03October 5Asian GamesKOR Seoul, South KoreaJPN Takeyuki Nakayama2:08:21——October 12AthensGRE GreeceBEL Jos vander Water2:27:22NOR Signe Ward3:06:58October 12Buenos AiresARG ArgentinaARG Raimundo Manquel2:21:10BRA 1968 Angélica de Almeida2:54:47October 12MelbourneAUS AustraliaSUI Richard Umberg2:17:21CAN Tani Ruckle2:36:06October 19BeijingChinaJPN Taisuke Kodama2:07:35——October 26ChicagoUnited StatesJPN Toshihiko Seko2:08:27NOR Ingrid Kristiansen2:27:08October 26HamiltonNZL New ZealandPOL Wojciech Ratkowski2:18:13NZL Carol Raven3:07:16October 26LisbonPOR PortugalPOR Cidalio Caetano2:16:49POR Maria Lousada3:20:26October 26NurembergFRG West GermanyPOL Ryszard Przybyla2:19:44——October 27DublinIRE IrelandIRE Dick Hooper2:18:10GBR Maureen Hurst2:46:29November 2IstanbulTUR TurkeyTUR Hanefi Atmaca2:23:20——November 2New York CityUnited StatesITA Piergiovanni Poli2:11:06NOR Grete Waitz2:28:06November 16TokyoJapan——POR Rosa Mota2:27:15December 7FukuokaJapanTAN Juma Ikangaa2:10:06——December 7KawaguchiJapanJPN Tetsuji Iwase2:19:54JPN Tomoko Suzuki2:50:10December 7HonoluluUnited StatesKEN Ibrahim Hussein2:11:44NED Carla Beurskens2:31:02December 17Tiberias MarathonISR IsraelISR Yair Karni2:23:12FRG Kerstin Preßler2:36:33 Births January 5 — Roman Novotný, Czech long jumper January 11 — Claudio Licciardello, Italian sprinter January 15 — Mariya Abakumova, Russian javelin thrower January 17 — Sherry Fletcher, Grenadian sprinter January 23 — Gelete Burka, Ethiopian middle-distance runner January 24 — Montell Douglas, British sprinter January 31 — Walter Dix, American sprinter February 11 — Bob Altena, Dutch decathlete April 1 — Yurika Nakamura, Japanese long-distance runner April 2 — Moses Aliwa, Ugandan long-distance runner April 4 — Evelyne Nganga, Kenyan long-distance runner April 29 — Ingus Janevics, Latvian race walker May 2 — Samuel Muturi Mugo, Kenyan long-distance runner May 16 — Eleni Artymata, Cypriot sprinter June 3 — Micah Kogo, Kenyan long-distance runner June 8 — Yadira Guamán, Ecuadorian race walker June 10 — Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud, Egyptian sprinter June 27 — LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter July 3 — Robina Muqimyar, Afghan sprinter July 17 — Viktor Kuznyetsov, Ukrainian long jumper and triple jumper July 19 — Philes Ongori, Kenyan long-distance runner July 26 — Mattias Claesson, Swedish middle-distance runner July 26 — Angela Moroșanu, Romanian sprinter July 28 — Nancy Wambui, Kenyan long-distance runner July 28 — Nickiesha Wilson, Jamaican hurdler August 3 — Fartun Abukar Omar, Somali athlete August 21 — Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter August 29 — Yerefu Birhanu, Ethiopian long-distance runner September 9 — Daniel Bailey, Antigua and Barbuda sprinter November 1 — Ksenija Balta, Estonian long jumper, sprinter and heptathlete November 10 — Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan long-distance runner November 13 — Sergey Bakulin, Russian race walker November 21 — Aleksandra Zelenina, Moldovan long and triple jumper December 7 — Olga Mikhaylova, Russian race walker Deaths April 13 — Sulo Bärlund (75), Finnish shot putter (b. 1910) References 1986 Year Rankings Association of Road Racing Statisticians Category:Sport of athletics by year